THE RACING WORLD

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 54, 27 November 1928, Page 16

THE RACING WORLD

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By

“The Watcher.”)

of Tcheka is, of course, Mr. T. WWilford, not Mr. W. T. Wilford, as misprinted in yesterday’s “Dominion. Vertigern appears to be the ruling favourite for the Feilding Cup, but on figures he bas none the best of it.. He has 31b. less than he had at Otaki over a furlong shorter, but Royal Mint has 81b. less, and Shining Armour 131 b. less. Rain between now and race day would give the latter pair an added pull. So far Arrow Lad has not run beyond seven furlongs, at which distance he has won once and been defeated once. His connections, in order to get a line on his prospects of staying further, paid up for him in the Feilding Cup in preference to the Flying Handicap. Catkin raced well, at the Auckland spring meeting, dead-heating with Star Stranger behind Goshawk over a mile and a quarter. He failed in the Waikato Cup under 8.2, but with 41b. more ran second the next day over ten furlongs to 'Valkon. He has not raced since and is down to contest the Feilding Cup on Friday, in which he does not appear badly placed with 8.2. T. Green will be his jockey. Excuses are being made for the defeats of Prickles. She is a Panmure filly, and they are .notoriously unreliable at this time of the year. Ruanui, who will carry No. 1 saddlecloth in the Kiwitea Handicap at Feilding on Friday, has not raced since he won a double at the Rangitikei meeting last March. Episode was a notable absentee from the final Auckland lists, and it transpires that she has failed to train on satisfactorily and is to be spelled. On Thursday morning she was given a good halfpace task that seemed to affect her adversely, with the result that it was decided to throw her out of work again and give her other lengthy spell. She will not fulfil her engagements at the Auckland summer meeting, at which fixture she was left in the Royal Stakes after the first forfeit was declared. From present appearances it would seem that Episode will not be seen on. the turf again until the autumn meetings come round. Hoylake is a notable entry at Woodville. He will benefit by racing there en route to the Auckland Cup. His two-year-old mate Desert Song appears in the juvenile races. These outside entries will add considerably to the interest in the meeting, which has drawn excellent fields from the material nearer home. When J. H. Jefferd returned from Riccarton he stated that his next meeting would be Woodville. Joy King, Star God, Knightlike, False Scent and Hunting Day are entered, but Star Stranger is missing. Gascony and Great Charter are notable entries for the Woodville meeting. Gascony raced last in the North Island Challenge Stakes in March, while Great Charter’s last appearance was in the Ormond Memorial Gold Cup at Hastings in April. Peneus has possibly one of the best sprinting records of any horse that has raced at Woodville, and it is interesting to note his nomination for the open sprints next month. Amor, the winner of the President’s Handicap at South Canterbury, is a much improved gelding. Early in his career he could be relied on to run well for part of the journey, without seeing a race out, but this season he has performed very solidly, with prospects now of developing into a useful customer in open company. Footfall has gone wrong again. He was working well and certainly looked as if he would survive a preparation. He failed to roll up to work one morning last week. Inquiries elicited the news that he had gone again, not very seriously, but sufficiently to cause his retirement until the autumn. It is very doubtful if he will ever stand up to a serious preparation again, and horses of his class have too much weight to carry to win when only half ready. The Marton Jockey Club has installed the old number board of the Auckland Racing Chib, sold by the northern club on the erection of its more modern semaphore. The English-bred mare, Mirabelle, and her filly foal, by Boscombe, arrived in Auckland last week, by the Port Wellington, from London. The pair will be delivered to Mr. G. M. Currie, ot Wanganui. Pink Note has been eased up since returning to Wingatui from the New Zealand Cup meeting. He looks bright and well, writes “Sentinel,” and a brief holiday at easy exercises should bring him right for further racing. When running in the Fendalton Handicap, Pink Note was taken to the front in direct opposition to the instructions issued by the trainer of the horse. The Paper Money gelding goes much more quietly when held behind two or three others, but he pulled himself to a standstill with the field thundering at his heels, in the last race at Riccarton. Aucklanders are discussing Corinax for Takapuna, and also the Auckland Cup. The well-known Wanganui sportsman, Mr. W. McA. Duncan, has lost no time in claiming names for the progeny of Tukia and Ohui, these being first foals, and the youngsters, both bay fillies by Acre, will be known as Paioneone, and Furlong respectively, when their turn comes to carry the violet and gold jacket. Tukia has gone to Limond this season. Both these brood mares were got by Absurd from Tahua (who died a few months ago), and were, therefore, full sisters to that speedy sprinter, Tamatete. Tukia, of course, was also very fast, although not so good as her older brother, while Ohui had the family speed, even if she did not show it in public. T. H. Gillett expects to visit Auckland next month. Count Cavour is pretty certain to be in the team, provided he goes on all right during the next week or two, while 'Wharncliffe may go to compete in the hurdles races. Money Order has been nominated, but he is not definitely booked for the trip. He will, at

any rate, need to improve on his recent form to be worth sending so far to meet, the best sprint opponents. Joy Bird has been sent to E. T. Yuile, at Levin, from H. Telfqj-d’s Trentham stable, and is to make a trip to Sydney. Telford was unable to meet the wishes of Mr. Higgins to take Joy Bird over, as he has a young team for other patrons in work, hence the transfer of the mare. Joy Bird will probably be accompanied to Australia by Kilbronsyth, Kilperon, and Pass Book. Joy Bird should, and probably will, win races on the trip, but the prospects of the others do not look so good. Kilbronsyth may find the hard tracks at this time of the year, against him, and Kilperon will have to be carefully placed to win. Pass Book showed form at Wellington, but failed at Riecarton, and, despite excuses, the two-year-old’s handicap form hardly suggests outstanding success is likely to be attained in Australia. In the conditions of hack races at the A.R.C. meetings, a hack must be a hack at the time of starting, not at time of nomination. Entries closed last week with the Auckland Racing Club for the summer meeting, and with the Takapuna meeting intervening, it is not unlikely that a horse that has been nominated for hack events at Ellerslie may be out of that class by the time the fixture at the Shore is concluded. In consequence, such horses would not be eligible for the hack races at the Auckland summer meeting at Ellerslie, but in the event of such happening, the Auckland Racing Club will not refund the amount paid to them for nominations at their meeting. This does not seem to be altogether fair (says the “Star”). The horse cannot start in the hack races in which he is nominated, and his owner should certainly be entitled to a refund. The sporting rule is that one must have a chance of winning before he can lose, but under the present system the fees are accepted for nomination and the horse by winning a certain amount in hack events at Takapuna automatically puts himself out of hack races at the Auckland summer meeting, but the club still retains the nomination fees. As an illustration of the amount of money which changed hands as a result of Statesman's win in the Melbourne Cup, an Australian paper states that two bookmakers —Mannie Lyons and Bob Jansen—took £70,000 in cash to the settling after the race to pay cup winners. There were many others who had £lO,OOO or more in front of them when the settling commenced. Speaking of Lyons, it is related that the best story surrounds an all-up bet recorded by an Albury sportsman with that stalwart penciller. It has been the custom of this baeker to wire advice to the course to invest £5O or £lOO on one, two, or three horses. On Cup day this backer wired Lyons to have £5O on Migrant. all up on Statesman, and all up on Extortion. Migrant won, so the punter had £225 to £5O. After Statesman had won the punter’s £275 had swelled to £1237 10s. This amount then went on Extortion, and Lyons had to post a cheque for £3043 15s. to his client. It was a remarkable bet. The following news item may not be orthodox sports matter, but it is so sporty that it merits a place in this category. It is from the “Daily Mail” of September 24. “William Davy, an 88-vear-old inmate of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, workhouse, recently walked to London and back. 2GO miles, to try to interview Mr. Neville Chamberlain. Minister of Health. Davy had a dispute with the guardians concerning deductions from his old-age pension. He wanted to put his case before Mr. Chamberlain, and on his walk to London he slept on the roadside each night.” In 1910. when Davy was comparatively a youth of 70. he tramped to London to interview John Burns (then a member of the Government) about his pension. The New South Wales breeders, Messrs. R. C. and R. J. Brown, have imported the English horse, Blue Flame, who arrived in Svdney this month. He is by a wonderfully successful sire, Phalaris, by Polymelus. who is a great-grandson of Bend Or. Blue Tit. dam of Blue Flame, was one of the most noted mares of recent years, and her progeny invariably commanded high prices. She was by Wildflower, a great sire in Ireland, who was a son of Gallinule. Blue Tit was out of Petit Blue, a daughter of Eager, known to Australians and New Zealanders chiefly as the sire of the dam of the peerless Gloaming. Lord Glanely paid 11,500 guineas for a colt from Blue Tit, by Top Gallant’s sire. Swynford. A year later he paid 14,500 guineas for a colt from the same mnre by The Tetrarch. He was called Blue Ensign, but could not be raced after meeting with an accident. Perhaps the best of Blue Tit’s stock was the fine mare, Teresina, who won the Goodwood Cup, the Great York Stakes, and other important races. Teresina was by Gothic’s sire. Tracery. At the stud, Blue Tit produced six colts and fillies, which sold as yearlings for an aggregate of 35.000 guineas—a record which has never been equalled by a single brood mare. Blue Flnme was sold for 2800 guineas, but he did not race as a two-year-old. In the following year he did fairly well on the turf. Bine Flnme is only four years old. His dam, who died in 1927, is another example of a mare being of little account ns a racer, and yet a gold mine at the stud. END OF ENGLISH FLAT RACING SEASON LORD DERBY THE LEADING OWNER (United Service:) London, November 25. Stephen Donoghue rode the winner of the last big race of the season yesterday in Saracen, who achieved his first important victory. Saracen cost his owner 12,000 guineas as a yearling. Lord Derby is the leading owner for the season. He won in stakes £65.000. Mr. S. B. Joel was second with £25,000. His Highness the Aga Khan and Mr. Cunliffe Owen won over £20.000 apiece. Stanley Wooton was the most successful trainer, winning 90 races of the total value of £25,000 in stakes. Gordon Richards was the champion jockey for the third time in succession, winning 149 races. OMISSION FROM WOODVILLE NOMINATIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Woodville, November 26. An Acre-Temperance gelding was omitted from the Trial Plate in the Woodville nominations. FIXTURES. Nov. 30, Dec. I—Takapuna J.C. Nov. 30, Dec. I—Fellding J.C, Dec. 7, B—Cromwell J.C. Dee. B—Taumarunui R.C. Dee. B—Ashburton County R.C. Dec. 12, 13 —Woodville District J.C. Dec. 14, 15—Oamaru J.C. Dec, 15—Waipa R.C. Dec. 26—Walpukurau J.C. Dec. 26, 27—Dunedin J.C. Dec. 26, 27—Westland R.C. Dec. 26, 27—Taranaki J.C. Dec. 26, 27. 29— Manawatu R.C. Dec. 26. 28, Jan. 1, 2—Auckland R.C. Dec. 29. Jan. 1, 2—Greymouth J.C. Jan. I—Waikouaiti R.C. Jan. I—Wyndham R.C. Jan. 1, 2—Wairarapa R.C. Jan. 1, 2—Hawke's Bay J.C. Jan. 1, 2—Stratford R.C. Jan. 1, 2—Marton J.C. Jan. 2. 3—Southland R.C. in. 5, 7 —Vincent J.C

TE KUITI MEETING MERVETTE WINS A DOUBLE By Telegraph.—Press Association. Te Kuiti. November 26. The final day of the Te Kuiti Racing Club’s annual meeting was held to-day. The totalisator put through £10,988. The total for the two days was £25,864, a decrease of £2600 compared with the 1926 meeting. Results: — PIOPIO HACK HURDLES HANDICAP, of 120 sovs. About 1 mile and five furlongs. 11 Ramblin’ Kid, 9.0..(F. McGovern) 1 3 Lady Spalpeen, .10.4 2 1 Star of the East, 10.3 3 Also started: Stormy, 10.7; Highflown, 10.6; Master Arch. Archeen. Terrapeen, 9.1; Tinopono, Abbey Delight. Town Hall, Lueilius, Ah Were, 9.0. Won by six lengths, Time, 2min. 59sec. TRIAL HANDICAP, of 100 sovs. Six furlongs. 6 Sulla, 9.0 (Holland) 1 13 Archieval, 8.1 2 10 Archieleen, 8.1 3 Also started: Flying Tresses, 8.13; Rose Arch. 8.13; Monetize, 8.11; Joke Form, Uuoko. 8.9; Prince Vai, Swift Light, 8.5; Tcaone, 8.3; Ossian, Violation. Nurjahan, Cloudbank, 8.1. Won by half a length, a head between second and third. Time, Imin. 17sec. WAITOMO HANDICAP, of 250 sovs. One mile and a furlong. 3 Mervette. 7.8 (Goulsbro) 1 4 King Smock, 7.9 2 5 The Thorn, 7.0 3 Also started : Sir osi, 8.9 ; Schorr, 8.2 ; Tinakoa, 7.3; Te Koroke, 7.0; Bright Day, 7.0. Won by a length, a length and a half between second and third. Time, lmin. 57 l-ssec. MANIOPOTO HACK CUP HANDICAP. of 200 sovs. One mile and a furlong. 1 The Lover, 8.5 .... (McTavish) 1 3 Speechless, 8.11 2 6 Star Comet, 8.11 3 Also started: Wako King, 9.0; Leitrim, 8.8; Glen Star. 7.11: Roman Abey 7.7; Always. 7.5; Arch Queen. 7.1; Master Roley. 7.0. Won by a length and a half, a length between second and third. Time. lmin. 59sec. MAIROA FLYING HANDICAP, of 175 sovs. Six furlongs. 2 Mervette, 8.4 (Tinker) 1 3 Macroom. 8.4 •• 5 Regent, 7.0 •■• • ■ • ” Also started: New Moon, 7.11: Imoby three lengths, a length nnd a half between second and third. Time, lmin. 16 l-ssec. RINGITOTO HACK HANDICAP, of 110 sovs. Six furlongs. 1 Valroe, B.S (Cammick) 1 2 Hakanoa, 8.5 “ 5 Archieval, 8.0 • ■ 3 Also started: Ripon Abbcv. 9.11 : Kerry Dance, 8.4; Nurjahan, 8.0. Won bv a length, two lengths between second and third. Time, lmin. 3256 c. HANGITIKI HACK HANDICAP, of 110 sovs. Six furlongs. 1 Takutama, 8.13 (Tinker) 1 3 Sulla, 8.1 " 5 The Jack Jumper, 7.10 « Also started : Oscar, 8.5: Hone Heke, 8.3; Flitter, 7.11; Maurea, 7.4 : Any Day, 7.3; Nulli Secundus, 7.3. A length each way. Time, Imm IGsec. FAREWELL HANDICAP, of 140 sovs. Five furlongs. 4 Waltzer, 7.10 (Gill) 1 5 Takutama. 7.0 ~ 2 Bulolo, 7.0 -••• • •. o Also started : Town Bird, S.o; Prince Lu, 7.5; Regent, 7.3; Bulolo, 7.0; King Peg, 7.0; Joy Germ, 7.0. Won by a length, a length and a half between second and third. Time, lmin. 2 l-ssec. RICCARTON NOTES A SALE-RING BARGAIN Dominion Special Service. Christchurch, November 26. Sol rose broke down so badly at Timaru that her racing career has terminated, and she will be retired to the matrons’ paddock. The hurdle horse Pahtler, who was purchased at the New Zealand Cup meeting by F. Shaw, was sold last week to the Wingatui trainer, C. G. Ware. Tuki is to be brought in from his three months’ spell this week, and will re-enter F. and A. Trilford’s stable at Washdyke. Ned Kelly was showing the effects of galloping on hard tracks in his two races at South Canterbury, and failed to strike out in his usual free style. Although not as yet living up to the reputation which accompanied him from the North Island, he may be seen to better advantage when softer tracks are available. C. G. Ware stated nt Timaru on Saturday that he intends to leave for the north on Friday night with Gold Tinge, who will thus have close on a month’s training at Ellerslie prior to the summer meeting. The seven-year-old gelding Page Boy, who was not raced until he was six years old, had a very easy task in the Claremont Hack Handicap at Timaru on Saturday. After the race he was disposed of to Mr. A. Murdoch, of Dunedin, and will in future be trained at Wingatui by C. Gieseler. Sir George Clifford has disposed of the four-year-old Broadmoor to F. D. Jones, who is acting for a Sydney buyer. The gelding will be shipped this week, and his future racing will be confined to the pony courses. In addition to Bank Draft, the Grey-mouth-owned Caliburn and Killaddie have been gent to J. W. Jennings at Riccarton to be prepared for the West Coast holiday fixtures, at which Jennings will be represented by a strong team, including Scrambler. She was taken to Timaru last week, but was not raced owing to suffering a slight injury in the box on the eve of the meeting. Money Order appeared to be going very freely' in front of the small field in the Farewell Handicap at Timaru on Saturday. and when he entered the straight with an appreciable advantage, it was generally thought he would not be headed. When Receipt challenged him inside the distance, however, he retired from the contest, and ouickly drifted back into last place, a position he held at the conclusion of his first day’s engagement. He would certainly have to improve considerably on that form to have prospects at the Christmas fixtures. Night Lad, winner of the Juvenile Handican at Timaru on Saturday, is an at-tractive-looking youngster, and gives promise of making a name for himself in turf history. He was sold at Trentham on behalf of Mr. G. A. Kain, who had a short time previously bought his dam. Moiselle (by Solferino), with Night Lad nt foot, from his southern owners, Messrs. White and Hughes. Night Lad sustained a hoof injury before the sales, and when paraded at Trentham he suffered from lameness. On this account buyers held off. nnd at the small figure of 90 guineas pnid for him by P. T. Hogan tjiere is every reason to suggest that Night Lad may be included in the list of bargains associated with yearling sales.

PERCEPTION COMING TO NEW ZEALAND TO RUN IN GREAT NORTHRN DERBY. (Rec. November 26, 10.20 p.m.) Sydney, November 26. Carl Marsden, the jockey, is taking Perception to New Zealand on Friday for the Great Northern Derby. Perception was formerly owned in New Zealand.

JOCKEY SUSPENDED

(Rcc. November 26. 10.20 p.m.) Melbourne, November 26. W. Duncan, the jockey, was suspended for two months for careless riding at the Epsom meeting on Saturday.